Presentation on theme: "Today’s Topic: Motion Picture Production Code Was the pop culture of 1920s America corrupting the citizens? Should films & radio be censored?"— Presentation transcript:

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Basic Vocab: Morals? Morals are our beliefs about what is wrong and what is right. Censorship? * the act of stopping transmission or publication of material deemed objectionable. In other words: Cutting out the bad stuff

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Spent her career pushing the boundaries of sexual and moral behavior Outraged critics with two sensational Broadway productions in 1926 and 1927 Sex (a play she wrote about a Montreal prostitute) The Drag (a “homosexual comedy-drama”) Arrested in 1928 for her play about a troupe of female impersonators, Pleasure Man Moved from Broadway to Hollywood in 1932, surprising considering that the film industry followed the MPPC (tighter moral scrutiny) Mae West

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Will Hays Wrote the Code Joe Breen Enforced the Code 1920s Censorship

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Why it was needed: The rules: “No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it” -Only correct standards of life shall be presented -No ridicule of the law or law enforcement agencies (criminals cannot be shown in a sympathetic light) -NO: nudity, “suggestive” dancing, ridicule of religion, no drug use, methods of crime, homosexuality, interracial marriage, STDs, or depiction of child birth, scenes of passion, excessive and lustful kissing The Hays Code Cannot say: *&^$^@ Or $%#@^* Or $#@*()&^ Or #%#&@@ OR #@&*^%#

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MPPC adopted the code in 1930 began enforcing it in 1934 abandoned it in 1968 MPPC was mocked in its early years of “enforcement” The MPPC also prevented a number of anti-Nazi films from being filmed By 1968, society has changed  use MPAA rating system instead created in 1968 to help ease restraints on filmmakers’ while informing parents about the content of films so they can determine which movies are appropriate for their children MPPC to MPAA

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1920s Motion Picture Production Code What was the MPPC? Why was it created in the 1920s?

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Basic Vocab: Morals? Morals are our beliefs about what is wrong and what is right. Censorship? * the act of stopping transmission or publication of material deemed objectionable. In other words: Cutting out the bad stuff

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Will Hays Wrote the Code Joe Breen Enforced the Code 1920s Censorship

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Why it was needed: The rules: “No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it” -Only correct standards of life shall be presented -No ridicule of the law or law enforcement agencies (criminals cannot be shown in a sympathetic light) -NO: nudity, “suggestive” dancing, ridicule of religion, no drug use, methods of crime, homosexuality, interracial marriage, STDs, or depiction of child birth, scenes of passion, excessive and lustful kissing, The Hays Code Cannot say: *&^$^@ Or $%#@^* Or $#@*()&^ Or #%#&@@ OR #@&*^%#

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Pop Quiz 1.) The film opens with a “plea”? Who is it to and why? 2.) Why did Women start wearing short hair, drinking, smoking, and acting “loose” during the 1920s? 3.) The movie Scarface is based on the life of _________? 4.) What was one crime this individual committed in real life that we see reenacted in the film? 5.) What did the 18 th Amendment do? Why did it help the gangster?